Olean Fire Chiefs
CITY OF OLEAN FIRE DEPARTMENT/
DEPARTMENT OF FIRE, BUILDINGS,
AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
| 1878-80 | W. H. MANDEVILLE |
| 1881 | S.H. BRADLEY |
| 1882-83 | W.D. HATCH |
| 1884-85 | W.H. SIMPSON |
| 1886 | W.D. MORE |
| 1887 | F.C. MAYER |
| 1887 | W.H. SIMPSON |
| 1888 | S.P. LUTHER |
| 1889 | W.H. SIMPSON |
| 1890-91 | S.P. LUTHER |
| 1892-93 | J.H. POWERS |
| 1894 | W.C. ALBRIGHT |
| 1894 | J.I. LANG |
| 1895-96 | W.D. CHARLES |
| 1897-98 | W.H. SIMPSON |
| 1899 | J.I. LANG |
| 1900-10 | W.H. SIMPSON |
| 1910-37 | L.G. ROGERS |
| 1937-38 | J.T. O’HARA |
| 1938-52 | F.W. WALLEN |
| 1952-59 | F. SAVAGE |
| 1959-72 | F.B. PAGE |
| 1972-87 | C.J. YOUNG |
| 1987-2000 | J.W. GIBBONS* |
| 2000-current | ROBERT P. BELL |
* DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION THE CITY CHARTER CHANGED THE DEPARTMENT'S NAME TO "THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE, BUILDING, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.